Kolkata: BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has announced that a full-fledged Women’s IPL is likely to start from 2023. He believed that it will be a very good time to start a full-fledged women’s tournament which will be as big and grand a success as men’s IPL.
“I strongly believe that next year i.e. 2023 will be a very good time to start a full-fledged women’s IPL which will be as big and grand a success as men’s IPL,” said Ganguly.
Indian women cricketers, like Jemimah Rodrigues and Smriti Mandhana, have made calls for the introduction of the women’s IPL. New Zealand’s Sophie Devine had also called for the same.
Meanwhile, former England captain Michael Vaughan has urged the BCCI chief to make starting a women’s Indian Premier League the Board’s priority.
A Womens #IPL should be top priority now @SGanguly99 !! Let’s get it sorted .. 👍👍
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) February 3, 2022
Ganguly has also confirmed that this year the Women’s T20 Challenge will be held during the IPL 2022 playoffs in May. The fixtures and the venues will be decided later.
“The Women’s T20 Challenge will again be back this year in the month of May. Hopefully, in the future, we will be able to host a bigger women’s IPL once the number of women players goes up. But this year, the Women’s T20 Challenge will happen during the IPL playoffs,” Ganguly added.
